Eleanor Scott
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Dr Eleanor Scott is a Scottish
politician
. She is a former Scottish Green Party
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for the Highlands and Islands.
in 1951 and educated in Glasgow
before returning to the North where she has spent all her working life. Before being elected to Parliament she was a community paediatrician, helping to provide a service for special needs
children in the Scottish Highlands
. She is a keen Scottish Gaelic enthusiast, and took her oath as MSP in the language.
Since joining the Greens in 1989, Scott has campaigned on many issues, most recently against the building of new incinerators, GM crops in the Black Isle
and the movement against war in Iraq. She has stood for election locally, nationally, for Westminster and the European Parliament
.
in 2003, her partner is fellow MSP Rob Gibson
, who is a Scottish National Party
representative (also for the Highlands and Islands). She lives with him and one of her two teenage children.
She lost her seat in the 2007 election. Since December 2008 she has been Co-convenor (and leader) of the Scottish Green Party.
In 2010 she was confirmed as the Scottish Green Party candidate for the Highlands and Islands region in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
politician
Politics of Scotland
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. She is a former Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party
The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
for the Highlands and Islands.
Background and career
She was born in InvernessInverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
in 1951 and educated in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
before returning to the North where she has spent all her working life. Before being elected to Parliament she was a community paediatrician, helping to provide a service for special needs
Special needs
In the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International...
children in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
. She is a keen Scottish Gaelic enthusiast, and took her oath as MSP in the language.
Since joining the Greens in 1989, Scott has campaigned on many issues, most recently against the building of new incinerators, GM crops in the Black Isle
Black Isle
The Black Isle is an eastern area of the Highland local government council area of Scotland, within the county of Ross and Cromarty. The name nearly always includes the article "the"....
and the movement against war in Iraq. She has stood for election locally, nationally, for Westminster and the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
.
Scottish Parliament
Elected to the Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
in 2003, her partner is fellow MSP Rob Gibson
Rob Gibson
Rob Gibson MSP is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party , he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Caithness, Sutherland and Ross in the 2011 election....
, who is a Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
representative (also for the Highlands and Islands). She lives with him and one of her two teenage children.
She lost her seat in the 2007 election. Since December 2008 she has been Co-convenor (and leader) of the Scottish Green Party.
In 2010 she was confirmed as the Scottish Green Party candidate for the Highlands and Islands region in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.